I am forever fascinated by the collecting mind, no matter what it is that draws one’s fancy — comic books, coins, postage stamps, match boxes, dinky cars, film memorabilia, antique cars — because they all have something in common: passion, knowledge, competitiveness, something that sets one apart from the herd.
Even among them, the art collector is a distinctive breed because of an absence of defined absolutes that lend value to the objects of one’s desire. With art, so much is subjective — no matter what experts say — that it is not unusual to spend ...
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First Published: Fri, May 04 2018. 22:10 IST
